Experimental measurement of nanofluids thermal properties

International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 850-863

  Hussein, Adnan ^a,c   Bakar, R A ^a   Kadirgama, K ^a   Sharma, K V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

^b JNTUH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^c FOUNDATION OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Nanofluid; Thermal conductivity; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880963181     PISSN: 22298649     EISSN: 21801606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15282/ijame.7.2012.5.0070     Document Type: Article

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